Newly Discovered Gene for Ethanol Production

Randall Weiseman Energy, Florida, Forestry, Specialty Crops

Researchers from The University of Florida have identified a gene that may be the key to producing fuel ethanol more efficiently from trees. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Wal-Mart Working Towards Sustainability Symbols

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Dairy, Florida, General, Georgia, Pork, Poultry

Wal-Mart Stores have announced plans to develop a sustainability index that ultimately will involve seals or symbols indicating the environmental sustainability of the products that it sells. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on the New Oyster Irradiation Facility

Randall Weiseman FL Commissioner Report, Florida, Specialty Crops

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the recent licensing of an irradiation facility in Mulberry to irradiate oyster products. The process will reduce potentially harmful bacteria such as Vibrio vulnificus without altering the flavor and appearance of live, raw oysters. More information is available online at Food Irradiation Facility For Oyster Processing. Sponsored ContentCIR …

Citrus Expo 2009 Nears, Hundreds Already Pre-Registered!

Gary Cooper Citrus, Citrus Expo News, Florida

Citrus Expo 2009 has a near-full exhibit floor, a jammed packed grower seminar lineup set for the August 19 & 20 event to be held at Lee Civic Center in Ft. Myers, and already several hundred growers have pre-registered! In this report, some important points about Expo, and comments from Gulf Citrus Growers Association executive Ron Hamel who says his …

Laurel Wilt

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Florida, Forestry, Georgia

There is another imported menace and Everett Griner fills us in. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

USDA Best Equipped to Administer Cap and Trade

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Energy, Florida, Georgia

The House Ag Committee has fought to ensure that USDA would take the lead on an agricultural and forestry offset program and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says that is due to the department’s unique assets. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Fresh Citrus Shipping Rules, Changes Studied, Opinions Voiced

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

These reports provide further insight and information about what is happening since the USDA recently published new fresh citrus shipping protocols, opening a two-month period for public comment. In this first report, AgNet’s Ernie Neff (photo left) spells out what the Florida Department of Agriculture’s Division of Plant Industry is doing about the science behind the new rules. In the …

Farm Foody

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

There is a new resource available to connect Foodies to local production at www.farmfoody.org. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Weekly Livestock Market Report

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending July 25th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: FL: GA: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

What Would Sale of U S Sugar Mean to So Gardens Citrus Research

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

In these reports, Southern Gardens Citrus President Rick Kress talks about the handful of trees already planted on their property as a test, to see if they may be resistant to HLB, or citrus greening disease. In the second report, he discusses what a U S Sugar Corporation sellout to the state of Florida could mean to its Southern Gardens …